Cigarette holder and deliverer.



M. W. GALLAWAY. CIGARETTE HOLDER AND DELIVERER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23, I918.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

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Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

Application fled larch $8, 1918. Serial Io. 834,1.

Other objects of the invention are to pro-- vide improved ejecting means for a single cigarette, which gravitates down to the place of ejection; to provide improved means for. closing the delivery opening, and to generall improve the construction of cigarette ho ders and deliverers in such way that the use of springs is obviated, the means for ejecting a cigarette and the means for closing the delive ope held by friction in the pos l tion t b ifiiich ey are moved during their use.

These being among the objects of the present invention, the same consists of certain features of construction and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and then claimed with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating one embodiment of the invention, and-in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional of the device;

Fig. 2 is a front view thereof;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section on the line 3-3 Fig. 1, showing how the sliding closure is guided;

Fig. 4 is an enlar section on the line 44 Fig. 1, viewed in the direction of the arrow and showing the construction adjacent the delivery opening;

Fig. 5 isa transverse section on the line 55 Fig. 1, viewed in the direction of the arrow and showin certain details of the ejecting means; and

Fi 6 is a view similar to the lower part view of Fig. 1, which latter figure shows the e ecting means retracted, while Fig. 6 shows the same in the position in which it has just delivered a cigarette, and showing how the next cigarettes dispose themselves in the dejust narrow enough to conveniently receive a single row of cigarettes which are adapted to gravitate down in the casing, said casing being provided with a suitable cover 11 which is closed after the cigarettes have been slatted in the casing. The said cover should t so snugly onto the casing that a watertight joint is formed between it and the easing. The casing comprises a front wall a ack wall 13 and a bottom wall 14, in addition to the flat side walls between the walls 12, 13. In the lower end of the front wall 12, directly above the front end of the bottom wall 14, there is lprovided a delivery opening 15 of circular s ape, and the bottom wall 14 is curved transversely correspondeans are provided for ejecting a single cigarette through the delivery. opening 15, sald ejecting means comp as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 5 and 6, an inner slid plate 16 and an uter sliding plate 17 whic are connected together by a connecting pin or rivet 18, which passes through and is guided in a longitudinal slot 19 in the bottom wall 14. Said sliding plates 16 and 17 are curved transversely to correspond with the transverse curvature of the bottom wall '14 of the casing, and said plates frictionally engage the said bottom wall. Inasmuch as the said plates 16, 17, are formed from springy sheet metal, it is obvious that when they are firmly connected together as by a pin or rivet 18, the sprmginess of the metal will tend'to cause the said plates to bear upon the opposite surfaces of the bottom wall 14 on which they slide, so that a positive frictional engagement of the ejecting means with the said bottom plate is assured. Preferably, the end portions of the two sliding lates 16, 17, are substantially the same ength at either side of the connecting pin or rivet 18, and the forward portions of said plates are desirably of the same length so that the breech in the bottom wall, which is formed by the slot 19, will be absolutely closed, and there is greater need for this 00 1- shoulder 24 whic 'dition in advance of the said pin or rivet than back of it, although there should be an absolute closure all aroundthe slot 19. The closure of the slot is furthermore assured from the fact that the curvature of the sliding plates 16 and 17 is the same as'the bottom wall 14. Preferably-the length of the rear portion of the sliding plate 17 is such as to terminate a short distance awa from the back wall 13 of the casing when e ejecting means is retracted, with the connecting pin or rivet 18 in contact with the rear end wall of the slot 19.

The length of the advance portions of the sliding lplates 16, 17, being such as to absolutely c use the slot when the ejecting means is retracted, the forward extremities thereof will stop just short of the delivery opening 15 and the front end of the bottom wall 14, when the ejecting means is moved forward until the connecting pin-or rivet 18 strikes the front end of the slot 19.

The sliding plate 16 on the inside of the casing 10 is provided at its rear end with an ejecting nose which may be of suitable shape, but should be rounded at its upper and rear edges so as not to injure a cigarette. The bottom slide plate 17 constitutes 'a guard for the slot- 19 and it is provided with an outwardly projecting finger piece or button 21, which may be formed as an extension of the connecting pin or rivet 18. By actuating the ejecting means, the lowermost cigarette will be ejected through the delivery opening 15, and when the said e ecting means is retracted, the said slot 19 will be absolutely closed against the entrance of water, so that water-tight joints are provided between the members of the ejecting means and the bottom wall of the casing.

Referring more particularlyto Fi 1 and 6, the back wall 13 of the (flwlflg w' be seen to be provided with an inclined or beveled shoulder 22, the inclined surface thereof starting from the inner surface of the back wall and extending gentl forwardly and downwardly to a point a e the ejecting nose 20, and to a point behind the rear end of the lowermost cigarette. The front wall 12 0f the e: :1; is also provided with an or how ed rtion, the inclined or beveled surface of w ch is indicated by 23, and may be formed in any suitable manner, or as shown specifically in Fig. 1, that is to an the part or portion on which the inclin surface is lprovided may consist of a is provided with an upper inclined surface that starts from the inner surface of the front wall and inclines inwardly and downwardly so as to terminate at a pomt about opposite the forward end of the second cigarette from the bottom of the casin The upper edge of the inclined or bov surface 23 is formed on a straight ejecting line at 26, extending from side to side of the casing at right angles to said sides, that Is to say, the up "most portions of the inclined or bevel surface 23 are not defined .by a curve which would correspond to the with the curvature of the delivery opening,

and hence there is no danger of the advance end of the second cigarette in the row being caught by such a corner, and perhaps be prevented from properly gravitating to sition or perhaps resulting in injury to t c said cigarette. By reason of the inclined or beveled rear shoulder 22 there is formed a recess 27 below the said shoulder, and this recessjs preferably of such a height that the shoulder 22 cuts off or intercepts about one-third of the diameter-of the rear end of the lowermost cigarette. Said recess 27 is also of such size as to nicely accommodate the ejecting nose 20, as clearly shown in Fig. 5.

It will be seen from Fig. 1 that the ciga rettes adjust or dispose themselves in the casing 10 so that the lowermost cigarette falls in position upon the curved inner surface of the ejecting slide 16. Its rear end cannot be jammed into the smaller recess 27 in which the ejecting nose 20 is retracted in position to engage the said rear end of the cigarette. When it is desired to deliver a cigarette, the ejecting means is pushed forwardly, thereby pro ecting a cigarette, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the corresponding position of the ejecting means is also indicated in dotted lines. When the projected 'tte has been removed. the next cigarettes will fall in substantially the position shown in Fig. 6, the ejecting means still in forward position. In falling to position shown, the lowermost cigarette will be offset from the remainder of the cigarettes, by the action of the front and rear inclined guiding surfaces 22, 23, and

being so offset from the rest of the cigarettw, the lowermost cigarette is in the best position for its subsequent ejection, and will fall into the position of the lowermost cigarette shown in Fig. 1 when the ejecting means has been retracted so as-to position the ejecting nose in the recess 27. The advantage of the construction of the front inclined surface23willbe obvious from Fig. 6, as it willheseenthat-such a on will prevent the front end of the lowtiremost cigarette being i t on corners at upper portion of the nclined surface.

Closure means are provided for the delivery 15, and the joint between the said closuremeansand thopartsofthecasing should be formed water-tight, as are the few other joints of movable parts with themsingsoastopreventtheof moisture. To thisend, the front wall 12 of the h :11 is with! head 28 proj opposite sides of the casing and extends garallel with said casing at bothsidesan atthebottomofthecasing said head is formed with a curved, unbroken continuation 29, which extends around the delivery 15. This bead reinforces the structure atthes. parts, and it is formed continuously along its. inner edge with a groove 30. Said groove provides means for guiding the opposite side of a fiat sliding closure-plate 31, the said having a curved lower edge 32, all 0 which is clear from Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

Itwillbeseenthatbyrcasonofthede-' scribed closure construction, suitable friction is provided by the ample contact surfaces between the sliding closure and the surfaces, and that when the said closure is closed in the position as shown in Fig. 1, its curved lower edge 32 will be nicely received in the curved portion of the groove. 30. The said closure plate or sliding closure 31 is provided with a finger piece or button 33, whereby it may be operi .so that the said ated so as to expose the delivery opening 15, as shown in Fig. 1, or to close it as shown in Figs. 2 and 6. It will be seen that additional friction for the sliding closure is provided because the groove 30 is directly in advance of the front surface of the wall 12,

frictional contact not only with the walls of the groove 30 but with the front wall 12.

To prevent the withdrawal of the slide 8[ a from lts guiding grooves when the cover 11 of the box is open, any suitable stop 36 may be rovided upon the front wall 12.

I; is obvious that when the parts of the device are made of sheet metal and constructed substantially as described, that the movable parts are held snugly and by friction in contact with the other parts of the casing, so that a water-tight and sanitary inclosure for the cigarettes is provided, and these advantages and other advantages of the invention will be apparent to all users of cigarettes.

Obviously the invention is susceptible of modification, and various modifications may be resorted to without departing from the I spirt and scope of the claims.

sliding closure will have ejector having frictional guiding means ar- -ranged on the bottom-wall extending away from. said opening and joined water-tight with said casing, and a sliding closure for said opening in tight contact with said front Wall. said 0 being bounded by the side and bottom walls of said casing and said walls being provided outside of said opening with a continuous sealing and guiding groove in which the sides and end of said closure are lined.

2. In a cigarette holder and deliverer, the rnbimiltion of a substantially rectangulialr a cover join watert iii'ifinfili row to snugly accommodate a single row of cigarettes and having a delivery opening at the lower end of itsfront wall, a cigarette ejector having frictional guiding means ar ranged on the bottom-wall extending from said opening and joined Water-tight with said casing, and a sliding closure for said opening, frictionally guided on said front wall and joined water tight with said asing, said casing having inclined cigarette guiding surfaces on both its front and back walls, the front inclined surface merging 1111}; the upper edge of said opening and the intersecting the upper part of and opening.

In a cigarette holder and deliverer, the combination of a substantially rectangular casing having a cover joined water-tight therewith, said casing being ciently narrow to snugly accommodate a single row of cigarettes and having a delivery opening at the lower end of its front wall, a cigarette received and closely concasing being sulliciently naraWav inclined surface terminating in a plane ejector having frictional guiding means arthe back incllned surface terminating in a ,plane intersecting the upper part of said opening, the bevel of said front inclined surface commencing on a line joining it with the-inner surface of said front wall and which line is perpendicular to the side wall of said casing.

4. In a cigarette holder and deliverer, the

having lnclined cigcombination of a substantially rectangular casing sufliciently narrow to snugly accommodate a single row of cigarettes and having a delivery opening at the lower end of its front wall, said casing also having inclined cigarette guiding surfaces on both its front and back walls, the front inclined surface merging into the upper edge of said opening and the back inclined surface terminating in a plane intersecting the upper partof said opening, and an ejector for the cigarettes.

5; In a cigarette holder and deliverer, the combination of a mlbstantially r casing sulliciently narrow to snugly accommodate a single row of cigarettes and having a delivery opening at the lower end of its front wall, said casing also ha inclined cigarette guiding surfaceson th its front and back walls, the front inclined surface merging into the u per edge of said opening and the back inc ed surface telminating in a plane intersecting the u per part of said opening, and two slide p ates connected together and their connection extending through a longitudinal slot in the bottom wall of said casing, one of said plates being guided upon the inner surface of said bottom wall and provided with an ejecting nose, and the other plate being guided on the outer surface of said bottom casing sufliciently narrow to suugl wall and provided with means for moving it longitudinally.

6. In a cigarette holder and deliverer, the combination of a substantially ar y accommodate a single row of cigarettes and having a delivery opening at the lower end of its front wall, said clined cigarette surfaces on both its front and back walls, the front inclined surface merging into the upper edge of said opening and the back inclined surface terminating in a plane intersecting the upper part of said opening, the bevel of said front inclined surface commencing on a line joining it with the inner surface of said front wall and which line is perpendicular to the side walls of said casing, and the back wall of said casing having a recess adjoining the bottom wall and which is of considerably less height than the diameter of said delivery opening, said backinclined surface extending to said recess, and ejecting means provided with a nose movable into said recess.

7. In a cigarette holder and deliverer, a substantially rectangular casing having side walls spaced to accommodate a row of cigarettes and having a transversely curved bottom wall, said casing having in its front end a delivery opening partly bounded b the side and bottom walls, said bottom w I having a longitudinal slot two springy metal slide plates respective y sprung into casing also having infitting contact with the inner and outer faces .of the said bottom-wall means extendi through said slot for connecting and holi ing said plates in close contact with the opposite faces of said slotted wall Saar plates normally sealing said slot, and an e ecting nose on said inner slide plate.

8. In a cigarette holder and dehverer, a substantially rectangular casing sufliciently narrow to snugly accommodate a le row of c' rettes, said casing having a div openlng at the lower end of its front 1:3 and ha curved an provided with a longitudinal slot, .two springy metal slide plates closely sprung into 6 contact with the inner and outer curved aces of said bottom wall and connected together thro said slot in close frictional contact with e said slotted wall, saidplates normally covering said its bottom wall transversely v slot, and anejecting nose on said inner with an inner groove directly in front of the plane of said front wall, so that said ve extends along opposite edges of sai front wall and is curved around the lower part of said opening, anda sliding closure guided in said groove upon said front wall, and the lower end of which is shaped to be received in the curved portion of said vs.

10. In a cigarette holder and deliverer, a casing having side walls spaced to accommodate a row of cigarettes and ha a curved bottom wall,- the front end we casing being ens away at its lowerend to one a cigarette e very opening part1 bounded by the side and bottom walls, Z sliding closure for said extending over a substantial portion of sai front wall when the closure is in operative position, said side and bottom walls being provided with acontinuous and sealing groove about outside said opening, in which the side of mid closure are closely confined and into which the end of said cosure tightly fits when said closure is in closing position, the plane of said ve bemg so located with respect to the p e ofthe front wall of said that said closure is held in tight we contact with said front wall.

- 11. A cigarette holder and deliverer comprising, in combination, a casing ha side wallsspaced to accommodate a row 0 cigarettes and a curved bottom wall and having at the lower end of its front wall a delivery opening partly bounded by said side and bottom walls, a sliding closure, said plane causing it to hold said closure in tight side and bottom walls being provided with contact with the front wall of said casing, 10 a continuous guidin and sealing groove exand a cigarette ejector arranged to eject a tending about and eyond said 0 ening, in cigarette through said opening.

5 which the side ed es of said 0 osure are Signed at New York city, N. Y. this 20th closely confined an guided and into which day of March 1918.

the end of said closure ti htly fits, and said groove being outside sai opening and in a MERRILL W. GALLAWAY.

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 1,281,152, granted October 8, 1918, upon the application of Merrill W. Galloway, of New York, N. Y., for an improvement in Cigarette Holdall-send Deliverers, errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 4, line 81, claim 8, sti'ike out the words sprung into"; same page and claim, line 80, before the word closely insert the words sprung into; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conforin to the record of the case in the Patent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 10th day'oi December, A. D., 1918.

F. W. H. CLAY,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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